Summer Olympian

A handful of clips chronicling the best team that ever played the game.

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A woman in London commented to the BBC that she felt, “bashed about a bit” as protesters attempted to disrupt the torch relay this weekend. The demonstrations in London also included several fire extinguisher wielding protestors. That’s a new tactic…

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It didn’t take long for the unconventional “action sports” like half-pipe snowboarding and snowboard-cross to become winter Olympics favorites outshining their more staid downhill skiing cousins. This year the first X-Games-worthy discipline will make its debut in the summer Olympics: BMX racing. What’s…

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The Modern Olympic Era

Of the 336 medals that have been awarded thus far in the men’s middle and long-distance track events during the Modern Olympic Era (1896-2004) here are some interesting statistics:

· A total of 42 Countries have won medals in these events.*

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The Olympic torch was lit yesterday in Olympia, Greece site of the Temple of Hera and the legendary birth of the Olympic Games. A bombastic ceremony of Greek actors in ancient costume lit the torch and passed it along while Jacques…

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This week Beijing was all about baseball. The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers played two exhibition baseball games there this Saturday and Sunday in the Olympic Stadium. The games were broadcast on Chinese television to over 700 million…

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